On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of World War II

Rank/Rate	Seaman, Second Class
Service Number	295 54 81
Birth Date	November 7, 1918
From	Dyersburg, Tennessee
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	October 24, 1944
Location	Aboard the Hellship Arisan Maru
Circumstances	Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)
Remarks	David was born in Friendship, Tennessee.

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